Additionally on Saturday, Russian state media stated that Yabloko get together founder and chief Grigory Yavlinsky wouldn’t run for the presidency, citing the get together’s press service. Talking in a dwell interview on YouTube, as soon as Duntsova’s attraction to Yabloko turned identified, Yavlinsky stated that he “didn’t know” whether or not the get together would contemplate her utility.
Duntsova took her first steps towards candidate standing on Sunday, when her run was endorsed by 500 supporters as required by Russian election legislation, and introduced paperwork on Wednesday to Russia’s Central Election Fee to register her nomination.
Various Russian events additionally introduced which candidates they’d be backing within the presidential election subsequent March, which incumbent President Vladimir Putin is all however sure to win.
The Russian Communist Celebration, the second largest get together within the decrease home of Parliament, the State Duma, introduced after a secret poll that it will assist the nomination of Duma deputy Nikolai Kharitonov. As get together chief Sergei Mironov beforehand stated it will do, the Simply Russia – For Reality get together formally introduced that it was supporting Putin’s nomination for the presidency.
Events represented within the Duma do put ahead candidates to run in opposition to Putin, however they symbolize solely token opposition and are usually sympathetic to his agenda.
The Civic Initiative get together, which isn’t represented within the Duma, is predicted to again the nomination of impartial candidate Boris Nadezhdin, who is understood for campaigning in opposition to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. He has the assist of a contingent of troopers’ wives, sad with their husbands’ lengthy deployments.
